David and David are neighbors to beautiful, energetic young Jayla.  We sat together at the Birthday celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King.  Jayla likes Blue Berries...

The Birthday celebration was the 29th All Peoples Breakfast in Balboa Park.  The Keynote speaker, Dr. William Barber who is president of North Carolina NAACP and pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church, is a man of great courage and great talent. I came away from the celebration more determined than ever to find a way to get the message to the President Elect that America in this age is a different place from the one in which he grew up.  We definitely don't need to go back in time to find the greatness of America and of Americans.I will try to find a way to bring Jayla's energy to my political rhetoric.  I hope to have the courage to challenge the President and always stand up for justice for all people.  These are strange times.  The program today was exactly right.  It set the appropriate tone for the four year challenge which begins this Friday when the President-elect becomes the President indeed.  Maya Salameh, a San Diego high school student who has been named  a 2016 National Youth Poet, read her poem "Change in the Feminine." The bkSOUL &SD City College Dancers presented a dance they called "Conqueror."  This was a good morning and a reminder that America is a great place with great citizens.